Centre for Star and Planet Formation

Our goal is to provide observational and theoretical constraints that will help unravel the early history of our solar system in the context of its astrophysical setting, from collapse of the molecular cloud through condensation and evolution of primitive solids and, ultimately...

Astronomers at the Centre for Star and Planet Formation are set to test the uniqueness of terrestrial planet formation, by providing a better assessment of the distribution of Earth-like exoplanets in our galaxy using a range of techniques, including gravitational microlensing...

Accretion Disks are flattened, differentially rotating gaseous structures that can be found surrounding young stars, white dwarfs, neutron stars, and black holes. Understanding the physical processes that determine the rate at which matter accretes and energy is radiated in...

Searching for presolar clues The planets in our solar system are made up of elements produced in earlier generation of stars. Variation in the isotopic abundance of some of these elements suggest that the presolar dust inherited from the protosolar molecular cloud was not...

Computing the nascent solar system We use supercomputers to provide quantitative descriptions of early solar system events and processes – from collapse of the protosolar molecular cloud core to the accretion and differentiation of asteroidal and planetary bodies. Cosmochemistry...

The deeply embedded stages are particularly important for our understanding of the star formation process. The evolution of a protostar through these embedded stages is likely to affect the properties of the emerging star; its final mass depends, e.g., on the amount of material...

Why STARPLAN? We are a multidisciplinary research center for cosmochemistry, astrophysics and astronomy funded by the Danish National Research Foundation and located at the Natural History Museum of Denmark , University of Copenhagen. Our aim is to explore the origin and...

We are looking for highly motivated and dynamic individuals to be part of a unique multidisciplinary center for planetary sciences and conduct cutting-edge research in cosmochemistry, astronomy and astrophysics using state-of-art techniques and equipment. How to apply Look under...

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Continued success with European Research Council grants

The prestigious European Research Council grants are awarded as Starting Grants, Consolidator...

New State-of-the-art Mass Spectrometer Laboratories

As part of the Danish National Research Foundation's financing of the Centre for Star and Planet...

The Earth was built from small glass beads

A new study from an international team that includes scientists from the Centre for Star and Planet...